2016–17 Scunthorpe United F.C. season explained

Club:	Scunthorpe United
Season:	2016–17
Manager:	Graham Alexander
Chairman:	Peter Swann
Stadium:	Glanford Park
League:	League One
League Result:	3rd
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	First round (eliminated by Charlton Athletic)
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Second round (eliminated by Bristol City)
Cup3:	Football League Trophy
Cup3 Result:	Third round (eliminated by Oxford United)
League Topscorer:	Josh Morris (19)
Season Topscorer:	Josh Morris (20)
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Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18

The 2016–17 season was Scunthorpe United's 118th season in their existence and their third consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and JP Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Competitions

League One

Play-offs

FA Cup

See main article: 2016–17 FA Cup.

EFL Cup

See main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup.

EFL Trophy

See main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy.

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date Signed	Fee	Contract
Goalkeepers
1	Luke Daniels	GK		Bolton		109	0	West Bromwich Albion	22 January 2015	Undisclosed	2017
13	Joe Anyon	GK		Lytham St Annes		19	0	Shrewsbury Town	25 January 2015	Free	2017
Defenders
2	Scott Wiseman	RB		Kingston upon Hull		53	2	Preston North End	1 July 2015	Free	2017
3	Scott Laird	LB		Taunton		39	2	Preston North End	10 June 2015	Free	2017
5	Murray Wallace	CB		Glasgow		86	3	Huddersfield Town	2 January 2016	Free	2019
6	David Mirfin	CB		Sheffield		254	11	Watford	31 July 2012	Free	2017
15	Harry Toffolo	LB		Welwyn Garden City		24	2	Norwich City	31 August 2016	Loan	2017
20	Charlie Goode	CB		Watford		40	2	Hendon	10 June 2015	Free	2017
22	Conor Townsend	LB		Hessle		54	1	Hull City	6 January 2016	Free	2018
33	Jordan Clarke	RB		Coventry		87	3	Coventry City	10 January 2015	Undisclosed	2017
Midfielders
8	Stephen Dawson	LM		Dublin		70	1	Rochdale	1 July 2015	Free	2017
11	Josh Morris	LM		Preston		47	20	Bradford City	1 July 2016	Free	2019
12	Neal Bishop	CM		Stockton-on-Tees		132	10	Blackpool	19 June 2014	Free	2017
16	Hakeeb Adelakun	LW		Hackney		120	14	Academy	1 July 2012	Trainee	2018
17	Sam Mantom	CM		Stourbridge		30	2	Walsall	1 July 2016	Free	2019
19	Duane Holmes	LM		Columbus		36	3	Huddersfield Town	7 July 2016	Free	2018
26	Jamie Ness	CM		Irvine		44	0	Stoke City	10 July 2015	Free	2017
30	Matt Crooks	DM		Leeds		12	3	Rangers	12 January 2017	Loan	2017
Forwards
7	Luke Williams	SS		Middlesbrough		49	8	Middlesbrough	2 July 2015	Undisclosed	2018
9	Paddy Madden	CF		Dublin		164	56	Yeovil Town	10 January 2014	£300,000	2018
10	Kevin van Veen	CF/RW		Eindhoven		84	15	FC Oss	30 January 2015	Undisclosed	2018
14	Tom Hopper	CF		Boston		94	18	Leicester City	26 June 2015	Free	2017
21	Jonny Margetts	CF		Doncaster		4	1	Lincoln City	31 August 2016	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
24	Ivan Toney	CF		Northampton		14	6	Newcastle United	12 January 2017	Loan	2017
28	Craig Davies	CF		Burton upon Trent		17	0	Wigan Athletic	7 January 2017	Undisclosed	2017
On Loan
29	Kyle Wootton	CF		Epworth		41	5	Academy	1 August 2014	Trainee	2017

Statistics

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Goals record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One				Total
1	11		LM		19	0	1	0	20
2	9		CF	Paddy Madden	11	0	0	0	11
	10		CF	Kevin van Veen	9	0	2	0	11
4	14		CF		5	1	0	0	6
	24		CF	Ivan Toney	6	0	0	0	6
6	12		CM	Neal Bishop	4	0	0	0	4
7	16		LW	Hakeeb Adelakun	1	0	0	2	3
	19		CM	Duane Holmes	3	0	0	0	3
	30		DM	Matt Crooks	3	0	0	0	3
10	2		RB	Scott Wiseman	2	0	0	0	2
	5		CB		1	0	0	1	2
	6		CB	David Mirfin	2	0	0	0	2
	15		LB	Harry Toffolo	2	0	0	0	2
	17		CM	Sam Mantom	1	0	0	1	2
15	7		SS		0	0	0	1	1
	8		LM	Stephen Dawson	1	0	0	0	1
	18		CM		1	0	0	0	1
	21		CF	Jonny Margetts	0	0	0	1	1
	29		CF	Kyle Wootton	1	0	0	0	1
	33		RB		1	0	0	0	1
	Own Goals				2	0	0	1	3
Total					74	1	3	7	85

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name										EFL Trophy			Total
1	10		CF	Kevin van Veen	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
2	12		CM	Neal Bishop	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1
3	8		LM	Stephen Dawson	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
4	5		CB		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
	33		RB	Jordan Clarke	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
6	6		CB	David Mirfin	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	9		CF	Paddy Madden	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	15		LB	Harry Toffolo	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
	19		LM	Duane Holmes	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	11		LM	Josh Morris	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	22		LB	Conor Townsend	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
12	17		CM	Sam Mantom	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	20		CB	Charlie Goode	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	24		CF	Ivan Toney	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	31		RM	Levi Sutton	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
16	2		RB	Scott Wiseman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	7		SS		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	26		CM	Jamie Ness	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	30		DM	Matt Crooks	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					70	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	75	2	1

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[1]
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[2]
6 July 2016					Free transfer	^[3]
31 August 2016					Undisclosed	^[4]
7 January 2017					Undisclosed	^[5]
31 January 2017					Free transfer	^[6]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016					Released	^[7]
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016					Released
31 January 2017					Free transfer	^[8]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
31 August 2016					3 January 2017
31 August 2016					3 January 2017
7 January 2017					End of Season	^[9]
12 January 2017					End of Season	^[10]
12 January 2017					End of Season	^[11]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2016					End of Season	^[12]
30 August 2016					3 January 2017	^[13]
31 August 2016					3 January 2017	^[14]
20 September 2016			Noel Burdett		1 December 2016	^[15]
30 September 2016					24 January 2017	^[16]
25 November 2016					23 December 2016	^[17]
2 December 2016			Noel Burdett		End of Season	^[18]
12 January 2017					End of Season	^[19]
25 January 2017					End of Season	^[20]
27 January 2017					End of Season	^[21]
31 January 2017					3 February 2017	^[22]
31 January 2017					End of Season

Notes and References

1. News: Iron Sign Sam Mantom . Scunthorpe United Official Site . 30 June 2016 . 30 June 2016.
2. News: Morris Becomes First Summer Arrival . Scunthorpe United Official Site . 15 June 2016 . 15 June 2016.
3. News: Iron Sign Duane Holmes . Scunthorpe United Official Site . 7 July 2016 . 7 July 2016.
4. News: Scunthorpe United: Richard Smallwood, Jonny Margetts and Harry Toffolo sign . BBC Sport . 31 August 2016 . 31 August 2016.
5. News: Iron Sign Craig Davies . Scunthorpe United Official Site . 7 January 2017 . 8 January 2017.
6. News: Goalkeeper Watson Joins The Iron . Scunthorpe United Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 31 January 2017.
7. News: Iron Announce Retained List . Scunthorpe United Official Site . 10 May 2016 . 10 May 2016.
8. News: King Joins Stevenage On Free transfer . Scunthorpe United Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 31 January 2017.
9. News: Toffolo Loan Extended Until End Of Season . Scunthorpe United Official Site . 7 January 2017 . 8 January 2017.
10. News: Iron Sign Matt Crooks On Loan . Scunthorpe United Official Site . 12 January 2017 . 12 January 2017.
11. News: Iron Sign Ivan Toney On Loan . Scunthorpe United Official Site . 12 January 2017 . 12 January 2017.
12. News: Vose Makes Grimsby Loan Move . Scunthorpe United Official Site . 29 June 2016 . 29 June 2016.
13. News: King Joins Stevenage On Loan . Scunthorpe United Official Site . 30 August 2016 . 30 August 2016.
14. News: Scott Laird: Walsall sign Scunthorpe United left-back on loan until January . BBC Sport . 31 August 2016 . 31 August 2016.
15. News: Burdett Joins Frickley On Loan . Scunthorpe United Official Site . 20 September 2016 . 13 December 2016.
16. News: Kyle Wootton: North Ferriby United sign Scunthorpe United striker on loan . BBC Sport . 30 September 2016 . 30 September 2016.
17. News: Scunthorpe United's Levi Sutton agrees loan spell with North Ferriby United . BBC Sport . 25 November 2016 . 13 December 2016.
18. News: Festive Cheer as Blues Boosted by Noel Signing . Gainsborough Trinity Official Site . 2 December 2016 . 13 December 2016.
19. News: Scott Laird Returns On Loan . Walsall Official Site . 12 January 2017 . 12 January 2017.
20. News: Wootton Joins Cheltenham Town On Loan . Scunthorpe United Official Site . 25 January 2017 . 25 January 2017.
21. News: Williams Makes Northampton Loan Move . Scunthorpe United Official Site . 27 January 2017 . 27 January 2017.
22. News: Margetts Joins Crewe On Loan . Scunthorpe United Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 31 January 2017.